Question 1

What is a robots.txt file?

Accepted Answer

A robots.txt file is a text file webmasters create to instruct web robots (typically search engine robots) how to crawl pages on their website. It uses directives like 'User-agent' and 'Disallow' or 'Allow'.

Question 2

How do I use the View Any File robots.txt Viewer?

Accepted Answer

Click the "Open Local File" button to select a robots.txt file (it must be named 'robots.txt') from your device. The content of the file will then be displayed as plain text.

Question 3

Does this tool validate robots.txt syntax?

Accepted Answer

No, this viewer displays the raw text content of the robots.txt file. It does not validate the syntax or check if the directives are correctly interpreted by web crawlers. Tools like Google's robots.txt Tester can be used for validation.

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